The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 1:

• The Supreme Court of the United States has denied West Virginia’s emergency request to “lift an appeals court’s injunction, which enabled a transgender girl to compete on her middle school’s female teams until the three-judge panel reaches a final decision.” According to reporting from The Hill’s Zach Schonfeld and Brooke Migdon, “Justice Samuel Alito in a statement joined by Justice Clarence Thomas dissenting from the decision said the case ‘concerns an important issue that this Court is likely to be required to address in the near future.’” Though, as Rich notes, the title of the article is incredibly misleading, you can read more here: https://thehill.com/homenews/3937891-supreme-court-rules-west-virginia-transgender-athletes-can-compete-on-female-sports-teams/
• FACT CHECK: According to a misleading headline from the Miami Herald the “13-year-old son of Rebekah Jones, whistleblower who clashed with DeSantis, arrested over memes.” Christina Pushaw, a political aide for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, notes that “he threatened to shoot up his middle school and stab classmates who angered him.”
• According to Leah Barkoukis of Townhall, “[d]uring former President Trump’s speech at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday following his arraignment in a Manhattan courthouse, ABC News blurred out the message written on his podium. ‘TEXT TRUMP to 88022’ was displayed as a way to fundraise for his presidential campaign, but the news organization did not want their viewers to see…” Interestingly, the news organization did not blur a text-to-donate number displayed during a recent President Joe Biden speech. You can read more here: https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2023/04/06/why-abc-news-is-being-accused-of-election-interference-n2621636
• According to a report from Ari Blaff of National Review, “Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) subpoenaed Mark Pomerantz, a former senior lawyer in Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg’s office, to testify on Capitol Hill following public statements he made pressuring his old boss to pursue a case against Donald Trump.” You can read more here: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/jim-jordan-subpoenas-former-manhattan-da-attorney-who-demanded-trump-be-indicted/